Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-09-27
SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON.
JkHrERsox oobs1E, W. Va.
TUESDAY MORNING, ,sEPT1,EfMBERs7, 1ss7.
Various Items.


easiest and pleasantest to ourselves.
They mean renouucing whatever is
opposed to the reliance others have
in us-whatever would carry misery
to those whom the course of our
lives has made dependent on us.
Aman was seen lately in London to
shake a very prettily dressed child:
who screamed pitiously. Finally he
threw it to the pavement and
stamped upon it, fer which he was
knocked down by an indignant coach
man, who then found that he had
struck ventriloquist with a dummy.
(! Mr.. Daniel Liddick of Peabody,
Kansas, says: {. DIR. SETH ARNoID's
CoUGH KILLER is the best prepara-
tion for the cure of Coughs, Colds,
and all Lung diseases" and so says
B. Pickney, P. NJ, of Peabody.
Mothers, al,rdys use DR.. Seth Ar
nold's Soothing and Quieting Cordial
for Children. A mild safe tonic. 25c.
A welI-known gentleman, with his
wife and family, left Middletown,
Del, for Ohio. to take charge of a
farm in that prosperous. State. AT
the station they met an old friend who
said he was very sorry they were. go-
ing, and who said lie thought he must
kiss the wife good-by. The husband
bet him S5 he could not do it, but he
lost the money, as the kiss was gra-
ciously given amid much merriment.
Peter Edel, Gloversville, N. ",
July 1, 1885. '' I have used DIR.
SETH ARNoLDs COUGH KILLER for
nearly twenty-five years and it is the
only medicine that relieves my
cough.' E s.'i '-'. ~ =
Physic is necessary at times for
Biliousness, Costiveness, &c. Use
DIR. Seth Arnold's Bilious Pills. 25c.
Asscmblyman Charles Smith, of
Philadelphia, is decorating his new
saloon in Essex street.in a most pecu-
liar manner. The floor is covered
with small marclc blocks. asOn each
slab hole has been bored, into
which a silver dollar has been ce-
mcnted. Seven hundred dollars were
required to complete this decoration.
Besides this, the beer pumps, gas
fixtures, ETC., are ornamented with
silver dollars. 's-1
A party visited the Indian School
at Hampdons Va, the other day, and
tseenned quite impressed with one of
the larger classes. At length the
time arrived for the class to change
and go into another room, and at a
~ 1,a
rose en- masse preparatory to march
ing out. This g rising" was too
much for the visitors, who, doubtless
with visions of Indian massacres in
their unenlightcned heads, made for
the door as best as they could. One
woman seized her child, rushed
screaming from the room, while the
others beat anything but an orderly
retreat. The Indians looked upon
this strange scene with amazement
until they found out that they were
the cause of it, and then they gave
themselves up to the enjoyment of
| the joke.
A lady who is famous among her
friends for the correctness with which
all her social duties are performed,
and who is particular in attending to
all the details of intercourse with her
acQuaintances and friends, was re-
Gently put in an umusingly awkward
position by the stupidity of a servant.
a neighbor being dangerously ill,
this lady one morning sent her new
maid over to inquire concerning her
condition. eco over" she said,
{. and inquire how Mrs. X. is this
morning. And if she is dead" she
added as the girl started, ask when
the funeral is to be- The messen-
ger went as directed, and soon re-
turned with the air of one who has
done her whole duty. &c Mrs. X. is
better this morning." was her report,
''and they cannot tell when the fu-
neral will be-